[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Trump, nor any other candidate, can legally announce that they will hire or appoint any individual to any office. It’s against Federal law.

http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/18/I/29/600

18 U.S.C. @ 600 : US Code - Section 600: Promise of employment or other benefit for political activity

Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment,
position, compensation, contract, appointment, or other benefit,
provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of
Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such
benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any
political activity or for the support of or opposition to any
candidate or any political party in connection with any general or
special election to any political office, or in connection with any
primary election or political convention or caucus held to select
candidates for any political office, shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

[ResisTyr]

Well, zerO doesn’t follow the law...he makes his own. Why should Trump? ;))

[The Iceman Cometh]

Wait, when did laws matter to the government. I thought Obama threw all that compliance stuff out the window.

[going hot]

Musing is not against the law, yet.

[BigEdLB]

Is press secretary a congressionally sanctioned federal office, or is it a private staff member like white house counsel, or national security advisor?